Frank Ocean's New Album Endless Really Stressed Out the Internet

There may be no guarantee that singers who promise an album drop actually follow through on their word, but there is comfort in knowing that the Internet will always be here, ready to react when (and if) it does happen. Such was the case when Frank Ocean released his visual album Endless on the evening of Thursday, August 18.

His album—originally scheduled for July 2015—was scheduled to be released at midnight. And Ocean's fans have been waiting with bated breath for years for new music, so they were in no mood for disappointment. Once the live stream started, Ocean appeared on his website, building a staircase while music went on in the background.

Ocean's long-awaited follow-up to 2012's Channel Orange has been postponed over a year, and even Endless was unexpected for fans. His new album Boys Don't Cry was most recently scheduled for release on August 5. But that date came and went without new music—a disappointment even the artist acknowledged via Snapchat.